Ordeii 1.— crowfoots. 15i 



6 D. tric'ome. Lolo iVildL. Leaf-lobes linear. Pods recurved. Height 6-12'. M.W. 



7 D. vires'cens. Green-Jiowered L. Leaf-lobes lanceolate. Fls. greenish- 



white. S. W. 



8 D. grandiflorum. Great-flowered L. Leaf-lobes 5-7, linear. Fls. large, h-p. f 



11. ACONI'TUM. Moiik's-hood. A'conite. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, upper one vaulted or hooded. Petals 5 or 

 % the two upper on long claws, concealed beneath the upper sepal, re- 

 '^urved and honeyed at top ; the' other 3 or 4 very small. Styles 3-5. 

 Follicles 3 -6. — n Leaves palmately cleft or divided. Flowers odd and 

 siiowy, in terminal spikes. 



1 A.imrlna'tum. Wild M. Stem reclining, widely branched. Helmet conical. M.S. 



2 A. Napel'luB, Garden A. Stem erect, nearly simple. Helmet semicircular, f 



12. THALIC'TRUM. Meadow Rue. 



Petals none. Sepals 4 or o, i>etal-like, caducous, shorter than the 

 stamens. Ovaries 4-15. Aclieoia either ribbed or inflated, short-beaked. 

 2f Leaves ternately compound, with stalked and lobed leaflets. Flowers 

 in loose clusters, often imperfect, homely. 



§ Flowers dioecioas^ paniculate. Acheuium subsessile Nos. 1-3. 



§ Flowers perfect, coiynibous. Ackeuia long-stiped No. 4. 



1 T. Coxnu'ti. Common M. Stem tall (3-4f.), its leaves sessite (no oomnK)n petiole) ; 



leaflets 3-lobed, resembling tlK)so of Columbine ; fl-owei's white, in large panicles ; 

 stamens clavate, erect. Meadows. June-Atigust. 



2 T. purpuras 'cens. Parplish M. Leaves as in No. L, but the leaflets ai-e thick, firm, 



with rolled edges; fl<nvcre purplish-green; stamens drooping. Stems tall <3-Gf.)i 

 purplish. Kock3' woods and hills. May^ June. 



3 T. dioi'cum. Early 3L Leaves all pctiolate, leaflets thiiv, glaucous, 5-7-lobe(i ; flowers 



purplish-green, stamens drooi^ug, cai)il]ary, none iu the fertile fls. l-2f. Hilly 

 woods. ApHl., May. 

 (i T. clava'tum. Southern M. Leaves all petiolate, biternate. Flowers white, fewer; 

 etamens clavate ; achenia 5-10, curved. Mountains, Soutlu 



13. ACT^'A. Baneberry, 



Sepals 4 or 6^ caducous- Petals 4-8, spatulate, long-clawed. Filamewfs 

 slender. Ovary 1, with a sessile, 2-lobed stigma. Berry with a lateral 

 tuiTow, many-seeded. li Leaves ternately divided, leaflets ovate» cut- 

 lobed and toothed. Flowers white, in a short raceme. 



